Any sea tortoise.

Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.

Any species of Thalassinidae, a family of burrowing macrurous Crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen.

The study or science of the life of marine organisms.

A former German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents, around 1900.

That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy. One of the three Graces. One of the Nereids.

A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum.

Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic.

A salt of a hypothetical thallic acid.

A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence.

Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the thallous compounds; as, thallic oxide.

An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C10H13NO, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.

See Thallous.

A rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites, and also in the lead-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. It is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight 203.7.

One of a large class or division of the vegetable kingdom, which includes those flowerless plants, such as fungi, algae, and lichens, that consist of a thallus only, composed of cellular tissue, or of a congeries of cells, or even of separate cells, and never show a distinction into root, stem, and leaf.

Resembling, or consisting of, thallus.

A phylum of plants of very diverse habit and structure, including the algae, fungi, and lichens. The simpler forms, as many blue-green algae, yeasts, etc., are unicellular and reproduce vegetatively or by means of asexual spores; in the higher forms the plant body is a thallus, which may be filamentous or may consist of plates of cells; it is commonly undifferentiated into stem, leaves, and roots, and shows no distinct tissue systems; the fronds of many algae, however, are modified to serve many of the functions of the above-named organs. Both asexual and sexual reproduction, often of a complex type, occur in these forms. The Thallophyta exist almost exclusively as gametophytes, the sporophyte being absent or rudimentary. By those who do not separate the Myxophyta from the Tallophyta as a distinct phylum the latter is treated as the lowermost group in the vegetable kingdom.

A plant belonging to the Thallophyta.

Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the thallic compounds.

A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens.

A line following the lowest part of a valley, whether under water or not. The line of continuous maximum descent from any point on a land surface, or that cutting all contours and angles.

A bush shrike.

An Asiatic deer (Rucervus Eldi) resembling the swamp deer; -- called also Eld's deer.

Then. See Then.

A police station.

The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.

Deathlike; resembling death.

A description, or the doctrine, of death.

A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death.

The title of a poem by William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), meditating on the subject of death. One of Bryant's best-remembered poems, it was written in 1811 and was discovered and rushed to publication in 1817 (in the North American Review) by Bryant's father, originally without the poet's knowledge. A revised version was published in 1821. In this elegy Bryant reflects that death comes to all men, common and great, and that all eventually shall rest together in the "mighty sepulchre" of the earth.

A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.

The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.

The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.

The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.

A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural.

To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; -- used also ironically for blame.

Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.

Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.

Thankfully.

To give or dedicate in token of thanks.

One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness.

The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.

The quality or state of being thankworthy.

Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious.

It needs; need.

Twisted guts.

A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also pearl crescent.

As a demonstrative pronoun (pl. Those), that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; as, that which he has said is true; those in the basket are good apples.

To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.

One who thatches.

The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc.

See Thwart.

Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things.

An optical instrument or toy for showing the persistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.

A magician; a wonder worker.

Of or pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical; wonderful.

Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.

One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker; a thaumaturge.

A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints.

The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.

The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed.

Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting.

By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.

A famous gorge, about 1/ miles long, cut by the Danube in the Carpathian mountains near the intersection of Hungary, Serbia, and Rumania.

The worst possible situation, person, or thing; something extremely bad, boring, or depressing; -- always used with the; as, cleaning the house is the pits.

A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant.

Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human nature.

Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity.

A state of being God and man.

One who advocates, or believes in, theanthropism.

Theanthropism.

Divinely sovereign or supreme.

Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.

One of an order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction.

Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical.

An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed.

Theatrical.

Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures.

Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.

A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old.

Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version.

A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Boeotia.

A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.

A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.

A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.

Of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess.

A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae. See Basigynium.

Having the spores in thecae, or cases.

Same as Thecophora.

Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin.

Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.

One of the Thecodontia.

A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in sockets.

A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecae and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also Thecata. See Illust. under Hydroidea.

An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See Pteropoda.

Success; fortune; luck; chance.

The objective case of thou. See Thou.

The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.

The receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.

Thane. See Thane.

Thanehood.

Having the form of tea.

See Caffeine. Called also theina.

The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country.

The morbid condition resulting from the excessive use of tea.

One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal God; -- opposed to atheist.

Of or pertaining to theism, or a theist; according to the doctrine of theists.

One of a tribe of fresh-water crabs which live in or on the banks of rivers in tropical countries.

Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects.

The objective case of they. See They.

Of or pertaining to the theme of a word. See Theme, n., 4.

A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

The goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing rights.

The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See Himself, Herself, Itself.

Than.

At that time; then; in those days; -- correlative to nowadays.

The palm of the hand. The prominence of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar eminence; the ball of the thumb. Sometimes applied to the corresponding part of the foot.

Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.

Anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous luster.

From that place.